Maldives mobile base declines to 889,000 subscribers in April

The Maldives ­mobile base declined to 889,604 subscribers in April, from 892,964 in March. Mobile teledensity also decreased to 244.32 in April from 245.24 in March, according to figures from the Communications Authority of Maldives. Of the total mobile subscribes, 127,001 were postpaid subscribers and 762,603 prepaid users.

The number of fixed telephone lines (including payphones) also decreased to 20,113 in April from 20,149 in March, while fixed-line teledensity also fell to 5.52 from 5.53. Maldives’ mobile broadband subscriber base fell to 272,243 users in April from 280,213 users in March, while the fixed broadband user base jumped to 42,048 in April from 40,596 in March.